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Repealing and replacing Obamacare was a top campaign promise by Trump in the 2016 presidential election, as well as by most Republican candidates, "from dog-catcher on up", as White House spokesman Sean Spicer put it during a briefing on Friday . (more...)

The three Fandy Bakran, 27, Mohd Jumadil Rahim 24, and Mohd Ridzuan Ismail, 33, looked frightened and exhausted but were otherwise all right when the soldiers found them in Panglima Estimo in Jolo at about 11.30pm on Sunday. The group, which sympathises with the Islamic State (IS) terror group and uses ransom money to finance their activities, in February beheaded a German hostage after the ransom deadline expired. (more...)

The attack began early on Sunday "with two vehicle bombs and several suicide attackers" on the Jobar district, said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group. Syrian state media said the government forces had repelled the advance. The Civil Defense search-and-rescue group said three children and a woman were killed in an airstrike on the village of Khan Sheikhoun, and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported another five ... (more...)

The Sewol ferry broke through the surface of the water for the first time in almost three years on the early morning hours of Thursday. About 450 workers are involved in the painstaking efforts to lift the ship, which has a displacement of 6,825 tonnes but is now estimated to weigh between 8,000-8,500 tonnes including the silt piled up inside. (more...)

The White House and Republican leaders say the vote will be tight and it's unclear if the legislation will pass. Press Secretary Sean Spicer said after the meeting that negotiations were ongoing and Trump would meet later with the Tuesday Group, a more moderate faction of House Republicans. (more...)

Erdogan and the Turkish government want the United States to extradite Gulen, who denies involvement in the coup attempt. Steinmeier, formerly Berlin's foreign minister, said North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ally Turkey also risked damaging diplomatic ties by accusing Germany of using Nazi tactics to bar Turkish politicians from campaigning among German Turks for a referendum next month. (more...)

Chinese banks continue to help North Korea trade in USA dollars, as do the regime's own shell companies. This year has proven no different. Another option would be gaining NATO-like access to US weapons. Millions of casualties and massive unchecked radioactivity would result. The good news is that the Chinese authorities seem to recognize these risks, the clearest sign being their apparent containment of anti-South Korea protests. (more...)

She is South Korea's first democratically elected president to be removed from office. "Park Geun-Hye's defiance - is she trying to break the nation into two?" it asked. Moon Jae-in, a liberal opposition leader who lost the 2012 presidential election to Ms Park, is the favourite to be the country's next leader according to opinion polls. (more...)

Police said an officer who happened to be in the area heard the gunshots and spotted a man driving from the scene. The names of the victims and shooters weren't released Monday morning . A Florida woman accused of injecting Fix-a-Flat, cement, silicone, mineral oil and Super Glue into the buttocks of women in to try to enhance their figures was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison over a death resulting from the toxic mix, according to local media reports. (more...)

Dozens of flights to and from Orly were cancelled during an hours-long shutdown after the incident, but by Sunday afternoon air traffic had returned to normal, a spokeswoman for the Paris airports authority said. "My son was not a terrorist". He never attended prayer. "This is what happens under the influence of drink and cannabis", the father said. Investigators were continuing to quiz Ben Belgacem's brother and cousin for clues as to whether the gunman had planned a terror attack or ... (more...)

The teen is suspected of calling in false threats to institutions around the world, which resulted in the immediate evacuation of the premises and, in many cases, significant financial loss. The last bomb threat was called in to the St. Paul Jewish Community Center as reported by Alpha News in late February. Lasser said Thursday she was unaware if the suspect was connected to the borough incidents. (more...)

Attention has focused on the Old City and the al-Nuri Mosque, from where Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed the caliphate after his forces had seized swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria in 2014. They suffered wounds from gunfire, land mines, mortar rounds, auto bombings and booby-traps. The source added that federal police troops later moved on to al-Matahen area, killing 17 militants. (more...)

Bangladesh could not start their innings due to the downpour after bowling out Sri Lanka for 311 runs in 49.5 overs. Mendis struck a six and a four in the next two balls to complete his fifty before racing to his century in 102 balls with a single off Mortaza. (more...)

While he's in the capital Premier Li will hold formal talks with Prime Minister Bill English, followed by a joint media conference. Trade Minister Todd McClay says we were the first developed country to have a free trade agreement with China and New Zealand will be the first to have an upgrade. (more...)

Latest media reports carried by PTI say that Li, the second-ranking official of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), has said both Trump and Xi have spoken to each other over phone during which the US President had "explicitly" said that the US will continue to follow the "One China" policy. (more...)

Schulz, a former president of the European Parliament but a newcomer to national politics, has boosted his party's long-moribund poll ratings and injected it with new self-confidence. "That's addressed to all of those who are happy today, understandably from their point of view, but who shouldn't celebrate too soon". Saarland is now run by a "grand coalition" of the conservatives and the Social Democrats, reflecting Merkel's alliance in Berlin. (more...)

Goodwin's second point is that the case for Scottish independence lacks a strong economic argument, with the health of the Scottish economy being dependent on Britain's wider economy as a whole. He said it would be better for jobs, as well as health and public services. The world has changed and we have to face up to post-Brexit realities. He said changes are needed as we can not continue with the status quo, but that independence is not the answer. (more...)

That alert has been canceled, but no further details were immediately provided. No word yet if that man is in custody, as well. Authorities were called to the 2000 block of 3rd Avenue S. Minneapolis Police will hold a press conference at 10:30 a.m.to update the latest in this case. The other suspect, she added, has been located but has not been arrested, and the investigation continues into what triggered the stabbing and abduction. (more...)

Guterres, who made the remarks to the Security Council on South Sudan , regretted that the civilian population had continued to bear the brunt of the crisis. Noting that the peace process remains at a standstill, Mr. Guterres said that Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous, who returned yesterday from a trip to South Sudan , emphasized the critical importance of an inclusive political process in ensuring the well-being of the country's people. (more...)

She has visited Moscow on several occasions, enjoying positive Russian state media coverage. Le Pen, leader of the National Front party, said she and Putin discussed ways to fight "fundamentalism". Leaving the euro is one of Ms Le Pen's flagship policies, both a mark of its anti-establishment stance that attracts voters angry with globalisation, and a likely obstacle to its quest for power in a country where a majority oppose a return to the franc. (more...)